ddr-densho-419 — Min Yasui Collection | Densho Digital Repository

Min Yasui Collection

ddr-densho-419

The Min Yasui Collection consists of four poems written my Min Yasui between 1942 and 1945. In these pieces, Yasui reflects on war and the treatment of the Japanese American community as they were forcibly removed from the West Coast.

c.1942-1944

4 documents

Densho

Yasui, Minoru (author)

Courtesy of the Min Yasui Collection, Densho, and Auraria Library Special & Digital Collections Department, University of Colorado-Denver

4 Objects

doc "Japanese Nisei" (ddr-densho-419-1)

A poem written by Min Yasui. The original poem is a part of the Minoru Yasui Collection which is held at the Auraria Library Special & Digital Collections Department, University of Colorado Denver. Contact [email protected] for use permissions and more information.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-419-1/

doc "The Soliloquy of an African Ant-Eater" (ddr-densho-419-2)

A poem Min Yasui wrote under the pseudonym, "The Mad Mongolian" while he was in Multnomah County Jail. The original poem is a part of the Minoru Yasui Collection which is held at the Auraria Library Special & Digital Collections Department, University of Colorado Denver. Contact [email protected] for use permissions and more information.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-419-2/

doc "That Damned Fence" (ddr-densho-419-3)

A poem written by Min Yasui while he was incarcerated in Minidoka concentration camp. The original poem is a part of the Minoru Yasui Collection which is held at the Auraria Library Special & Digital Collections Department, University of Colorado Denver. Contact [email protected] for use permissions and more information.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-419-3/